In Re the Dissolution of the Marriage of York

This is an appeal from the property division provisions of a decree dissolving a two-year marriage. Most of the assets of the marriage were brought to it by the husband, who was also the principal wage earner. During the marriage, there was no substantial growth in the value of the marital estate. The funds for the pinchase of the family home came from the sale of certain property which the husband had brought to the marriage. The equity in that home is now the principal asset of the parties. The husband received slightly over half the value of all the marital assets, but the wife was awarded…